ծնօղ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ծնող (cnoł)
- ծնաւղ (cnawł)
Etymology
The original spelling is ծնաւղ (cnawł), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-tl-eh₂-, from *ǵenh₁-. See ծին (cin) and -օղ (-ōł) for more.
Noun
ծնօղ • (cnōł)
- parent, father, mother
- ծնօղք մեր ― cnōłkʿ mer ― the authors of our being, our parents
- ըստ ծնօղին եւ ծնունդն ― əst cnōłin ew cnundn ― like produces like
- cause, source
- ծնօղ ծանունց չարեաց ― cnōł canuncʿ čʿareacʿ ― source of the greatest evils
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ծնօղ (cnōł) | ծնօղք (cnōłkʿ) | |
| genitive | ծնօղի (cnōłi) | ծնօղաց (cnōłacʿ) | |
| dative | ծնօղի (cnōłi) | ծնօղաց (cnōłacʿ) | |
| accusative | ծնօղ (cnōł) | ծնօղս (cnōłs) | |
| ablative | ծնօղէ (cnōłē) | ծնօղաց (cnōłacʿ) | |
| instrumental | ծնօղաւ (cnōław) | ծնօղօք (cnōłōkʿ) | |
| locative | ծնօղի (cnōłi) | ծնօղս (cnōłs) |
Descendants
- Armenian: ծնող (cnoł)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ծնող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծնօղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-աւղ/-ող”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 343